The Laboratory founded 2006.

Prof. Dmitry V.Mukha, Dr.Biol.Sci. (Head)

Selected Publications

Mukha D.V., Chumachenko A. G., Dykstra M. J., Kurtti T. J. and Schal C. Characterization of a new densovirus infecting the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Journal of General Virology, 2006, 87:1567-1575.

Mukha D.V., Kagramanova A.S., Lazebnaya I.V., Lazebnyi O.E., Vargo E.L., Schal C. Intraspecific variation and population structure of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, revealed with RFLP analysis of the non-transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. 2007, Med Vet Entomol., 21(2):132-40.

Crissman J. R., W. Booth, R. G. Santangelo, D. V. Mukha, E. L. Vargo and C. Schal. Population genetic structure of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in apartment buildings. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2010, V.47, P. 553–564.

Booth, W., Santangelo, R.G., Vargo, E.L., Mukha, D.V. & Schal, C. Population genetic structure in German cockroaches, Blattella germanica: Differentiated islands in an agricultural landscape. Journal of Heredity, 2010. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esq108